Paul Desmarais III, scion of one of Canada’s richest families, is pitching a tent in the snow. Timothy Hodgson, a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. banker, is juggling balls with soldiers in a team-building exercise, while the head of Barclays Plc in Canada struggles to snowshoe dragging a 25-pound sled.

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA, the investment firm controlled by billionaires Albert Frere and Paul Desmarais, increased its distribution of cash earnings to the highest level in 10 years after a 50 percent reduction in dividend income from Lafarge SA and higher debt-servicing costs.